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significance of these offerings; and the great truth that through Christ
alone there is forgiveness of sin, was lost to them. The multiplying of
sacrificial offerings, the blood of bulls and goats, could not take away
sin.—
The Signs of the Times, January 2, 1893
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The great lesson embodied in the sacrifice of every bleeding victim,
impressed in every ceremony, inculcated by God Himself was that
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through the blood of Christ alone is forgiveness of sins; yet how many
carry the galling yoke and how few feel the force of this truth and
act upon it, personally, and derive the blessings they might through a
perfect faith in the blood of the Lamb of God, realizing that through
Him only is forgiveness of sins, believing that when repented of He
forgives them, whether great or small. O! What a blessed Saviour!—
Letter 12, 1892
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By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than
Cain.... Through the shed blood he looked forward to the future sacri-
fice, Christ dying on the cross of Calvary; and trusting in the atone-
ment that was there to be made, he had witness that he was righteous,
and his offering accepted.—
Patriarchs and Prophets, 72
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